Scanners for Gujarat ports

Amid threats of terror attacks and intelligence reports that ports along the west coast of India are being used to bring explosives into the country, customs authorities are installing X-ray container scanning equipment at all ports in Gujarat state.

“The inland container depot at Kandla port is expected to have a scanner by the end of this month,” Chief Commissioner of Customs (Gujarat zone) Ajit Kumar said. Kandla will be the second Indian port to have a container scanner after Nhava Sheva in Mumbai....

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This complete item is approximately 250 words in length, and appeared in the September 2007 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 17.

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